Top 494 Patriotism Quotes

There is a real patriotism underneath the best of my music but it is a critical, questioning and often angry patriotism.

There is a real patriotism underneath the best of my music but it is a critical, questioning and often angry patriotism.

Bruce Springsteen

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

Mark Twain

One tell-tale sign of a Wingnut: they always confuse partisanship with patriotism.

One tell-tale sign of a Wingnut: they always confuse partisanship with patriotism.

John Avlon

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

Barbara Ehrenreich

Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor - with the cry of grave national emergency.

Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor - with the cry of grave national emergency.

Douglas MacArthur

I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.

I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.

Bob Riley

Across the country military families are facing dire financial circumstances due to longer than expected tours of duties. They are being penalized for their patriotism - no one should have to choose between doing right by their country and doing right by their families.

Evan Bayh

America is not static. America is striving. And sometimes, America requires critique. Jingoism is an avoidance of realism. You can simultaneously love and be disappointed in the object of your love, wanting it to be better than it is. In fact, that is a measure of love. Honest critique is a pillar of patriotism.

Charles M. Blow

There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.

There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.

Jesse Ventura

Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation.

Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation.

Jane Addams

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